Copper-Catalyzed Electrophilic Carbofunctionalization of Alkynes to Highly Functionalized Tetrasubstituted Alkenes

Marcos G. Suero, Elliott D. Bayle, Beatrice S. L. Collins, and Matthew J. Gaunt 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (14), pp 5332–5335

DOI: 10.1021/ja401840j

Salen Promoted Enantioselective Nazarov Cyclizations of Activated and Unactivated Dienones

Gerri E. Hutson, Yunus E. Türkmen, and Viresh H. Rawal

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (13), pp 4988–4991 

DOI: 10.1021/ja401908m

Regioselective and Stereospecific Copper-Catalyzed Aminoboration of Styrenes with Bis(pinacolato)diboron and O‑Benzoyl‑N,N‑dialkylhydroxylamines

Naoki Matsuda, Koji Hirano, Tetsuya Satoh, and Masahiro Miura

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (13), pp 4934–4937 

DOI: 10.1021/ja4007645

Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C(sp2)- H Activation and Electrophilic Amidation with N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide

Ren-Jin Tang, Cui-Ping Luo, Luo Yang and Chao-Jun Li

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 869 – 873

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201201133

Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Enamides via Palladium-Catalyzed Silaboration of Ynamides

Nozomi Saito, Keiichi Saito, Hiroyasu Sato and Yoshihiro Sato

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 853 – 856

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201201111

Hydrophilic pyrazine-based phosphane ligands: synthesis and application in asymmetric hydride transfer and H2-hydrogenation of acetophenone

Nicolai I. Nikishkin, Jurriaan Huskens, Willem Verboom

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 54, Issue 14, 3 April 2013, Pages 1857–1861

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.01.108

Construction of the flavones and aurones through regioselective carbonylative annulation of 2-bromophenols and terminal alkynes

Jianming Liu, Muwen Liu, Yuanyuan Yue, Ningfei Zhang, Yuanli Zhang, Kelei Zhuo

Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 54, Issue 14, 3 April 2013, Pages 1802–1807

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.01.043

Ruthenium-catalyzed cyclocarbonylation of aliphatic amides through the regioselective activation of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds

Nao Hasegawa, Kaname Shibata, Valentine Charra, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshiya Fukumoto, Naoto Chatani

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 22, 3 June 2013, Pages 4466–4472

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.02.006

Carboxylate-assisted ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C–H arylations of 5-aryl tetrazoles: step-economical access to Valsartan

Emelyne Diers, N.Y. Phani Kumar, Tom Mejuch, Ilan Marek, Lutz Ackermann

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 22, 3 June 2013, Pages 4445–4453

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.01.006

Domino C–H functionalization reactions of gem-dibromoolefins: synthesis of N-fused benzo[c]carbazoles

Richard Y. Huang, Patrick T. Franke, Norman Nicolaus, Mark Lautens

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 22, 3 June 2013, Pages 4395–4402

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.01.001

Palladium-acetate catalyst for regioselective direct arylation at C2 of 3-furanyl or 3-thiophenyl acrylates with inhibition of Heck type reaction

Lu Chen, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf, Henri Doucet

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 22, 3 June 2013, Pages 4381–4388

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.12.061

Asymmetric β-boration of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with chiral Rh[bis(oxazolinyl)phenyl] catalysts

Kenji Toribatake, Li Zhou, Ayae Tsuruta, Hisao Nishiyama

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 17, 29 April 2013, Pages 3551–3560

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.02.086

1′-Trimethylsilylethynyl-, 1′-ethenyl- and 1′-formyl-1-ethynylferrocenes: syntheses and electrochemical properties

Guillaume Grelaud, Gilles Argouarch, Marie P. Cifuentes, Mark G. Humphrey, Frédéric Paul

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 15, 15 April 2013, Pages 3316–3322

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.01.093

Aryl–aryl coupling via palladium-catalyzed C–P/C–H bond cleavage

Ziyuan Li, Haipin Zhou, Jinyi Xu, Xiaoming Wu, Hequan Yao

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 15, 15 April 2013, Pages 3281–3286

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.02.001

Cobalt-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes

Weifei Li, Pingjing Jia, Bing Han, Dianjun Li, Wei Yu

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 15, 15 April 2013, Pages 3274–3280

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.02.032

Intramolecular O-arylation route to 2-substituted benzoxazoles mediated by ferrocene tethered polymer supported ionic liquid phase catalyst

Jagannath Jadhav, Vipul Gaikwad, Rajanikant Kurane, Rajashri Salunkhe, Gajanan Rashinkar

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 14, 8 April 2013, Pages 2920–2926

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.02.028

Palladium-Catalyzed Vinylation of Aminals with Simple Alkenes: A New Strategy To Construct Allylamines

Yinjun Xie , Jianhua Hu , Yanyu Wang , Chungu Xia , and Hanmin Huang *

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 (51), pp 20613–20616

DOI: 10.1021/ja310848x

Catalytic asymmetric cross-dehydrogenative coupling: activation of C–H bonds by a cooperative bimetallic catalyst system

Weidi Cao ,  Xiaohua Liu ,  Ruixue Peng ,  Peng He ,  Lili Lin and Xiaoming Feng

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 3470-3472

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41315B

Synthesis of γ-, δ-, and ε-Lactams by Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of N-(tert-Butylsulfinyl)iminoesters

David Guijarro *, Óscar Pablo, and Miguel Yus

J. Org. Chem., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/jo400164y

C(sp3)–H Bond Arylations Catalyzed by Well-Defined [Ru(O2CMes)2(p-cymene)]

N. Y. Phani Kumar , Rajkumar Jeyachandran , and Lutz Ackermann *

J. Org. Chem., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/jo400658d

Brønsted Acid Cocatalysts in Photocatalytic Radical Addition of α-Amino C–H Bonds across Michael Acceptors

Laura Ruiz Espelt , Eric M. Wiensch , and Tehshik P. Yoon *

J. Org. Chem., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/jo400428m

Copper-Catalyzed C–O Bond Formation: An Efficient One-Pot Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Furans from (2-Furyl)Carbene Complexes

Hua Cao *, Haiying Zhan, Jinghe Cen, Jingxin Lin, Yuanguang Li, Qiuxia Zhu, Minling Fu, and Huanfeng Jiang *
Org. Lett., 2013, 15 (5), pp 1080–1083
DOI: 10.1021/ol400080e

Continuous Synthesis and Use of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Copper(I) Complexes from Insoluble Cu2O

Suzanne M. Opalka, Jin Kyoon Park, Ashley R. Longstreet, and D. Tyler McQuade *
Org. Lett., 2013, 15 (5), pp 996–999
DOI: 10.1021/ol303442m

Highly Efficient Cu(I)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols to Ketones and Aldehydes with Diaziridinone

Yingguang Zhu , Baoguo Zhao , and Yian Shi

Org. Lett., 2013, 15 (5), pp 992–995

DOI: 10.1021/ol303431h

Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Dehydrogenative Aminohalogenation of Alkenes under Molecular Oxygen: An Approach to Brominated Enamines

 

Xiaochen Ji , Huawen Huang , Wanqing Wu , and Huanfeng Jiang *

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (14), pp 5286–5289

DOI: 10.1021/ja401034g

Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Denitrogenative C-3-Arylation of 1H-Indoles with Arylhydrazines using Air as the Oxidant

Yongxin Chen, Shuaibo Guo, Kangning Li, Jinpeng Qu, Hua Yuan, Qiuru Hua and Baohua Chen

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 711 – 715

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201200997

Phosphine-Free Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Coupling of Alkynylcarboxylic Acids with Aryl and Heteroaryl Halides

Police Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Pottabathula Srinivas, Manne Annapurna, Suresh Bhargava, Jorg Wagler, Nedaossadat Mirzadeh and Mannepalli Lakshmi Kantam

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 705 – 710

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201200876

Nickel(II)-Magnesium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of 1,1-Dibromo- 1-alkenes with Diphenylphosphine Oxide: One-Pot Synthesis of (E)-1-Alkenylphosphine Oxides or Bisphosphine Oxides

Liu Liu, Yulei Wang, Zhiping Zeng, Pengxiang Xu, Yuxing Gao, Yingwu Yin and Yufen Zhao

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 659 – 666

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201200853

Exceptionally E- and b-Selective NHC–Cu-Catalyzed Proto-Silyl Additions to Terminal Alkynes and Site- and Enantioselective Proto-Boryl Additions to the Resulting Vinylsilanes: Synthesis of Enantiomerically Enriched Vicinal and Geminal Borosilanes

Fanke Meng, Hwanjong Jang and Prof. Amir H. Hoveyda

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 3204 – 3214

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203803